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Terror cell dismantled in Nador & Melilla thanks to security cooperation between Rabat & Madrid

Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ), equivalent of U.S. FBI, announced on Tuesday the dismantling, in cooperation with Spanish security services, of a terrorist cell operating in Nador and Melilla. Two men, aged 34 and 39, were nabbed in the Moroccan Northeastern city of Nador and nine others were captured in Spanish enclave Melilla […]

Algerian young pro-democracy protests rattle aged army commanders

Time and money have run out for Algeria as it foot-drags on political and economic reform with thousands protesting against the authoritarian status quo on the anniversary of the country’s pro-democracy movement, known as the Hirak. In the Algerian town of Kherrata, where the Hirak was born two years ago, thousands took to the street […]

Geneva-based NGO alerts to legal anarchy in Tindouf Camps

A Geneva-based NGO has alerted to the legal anarchy prevailing in the Tindouf camps in Southwestern Algeria, where thousands of sahrawis live in dire conditions in tents or mud houses and depend mainly on international aid. The NGO, “Promotion du Développement Économique et Social” (PDES), pointed out in its statement at the General Debate on […]